Independent Lens
Season 15 Episode 11 - Spies of Mississippi
6.5 ?
1999
Documentary
The story of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, a secret agency created by the state during the 1950s to spy on its citizens and maintain segregation. Included: remarks from author Rick Bowers ("Spies of Mississippi"); civil rights activists Margaret Block, Lawrence Guyot, Bob Moses and Hollis Watkins; Rev. Ed King, author Neil R. McMillen ("Dark Journey"); journalist Jerry Mitchell; Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.); and former Mississippi governor William Winter.
Episodes in Season 15
1
The Graduates - The Girls
60 min
2
The Graduates - The Boys
60 min
3
Indian Relay
60 min
4
Young Lakota
60 min
5
Playwright: From Page to Stage
60 min
6
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
60 min
7
How to Survive a Plague
60 min
8
At Berkeley
60 min
9
Blood Brother
60 min
10
The State of Arizona
60 min
11
Spies of Mississippi
60 min
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12
Las Marthas
60 min
13
All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss, and Last Resorts
60 min
14
Medora
60 min
15
Brother's Hypnotic
60 min
16
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
60 min
17
Muscle Shoals
60 min
18
A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times
60 min
19
Let the Fire Burn
60 min
20
God Loves Uganda
60 min
21
The New Black
60 min
